In a significant development last week, chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan approached the country s Supreme Court against the alleged attempts of the current Shehbaz Sharif government in Islamabad to dismantle his party.
New Delhi wants the rights of Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in China’s Xinjiang should be “respected and guaranteed.” But Riyadh and Ankara are too focused on their growing ties with Beijing to oppose what communist China is doing to its minorities.
The successful conclusion of the G-20 summit on tourism, held in Srinagar, indicates the world today recognises Jammu and Kashmir as an integral part of India.
For democracy to prevail in a given State, a consensus across the political spectrum to play by its rules and keep non-political elements off the business of statecraft is indispensable.